instead of raising tax rates we can produce similar amount of revenue, reforming the tax code to close loopholes and lower tax rates. >> the speaker said the two sides are at a stalemate. if nothing is done hundreds of billions of dollars of tax increases and spending cuts will happen january 1st. >> the oakland mayor has appointed her deputy mayor. he will start his new position on monday. he was co chair of her campaign. before getting elected to the assembly in 2006. >> berkeley police are asking for the public's help as they search for a man accused of touching a student. the student was walking between two campus buildings around 7:30 and when a man grabbed her. he is a latino, 5'5'' with dark shoulder length wavy hair. >>> a man was plead no contest in charges of assault. police say he and others beat a person last november. that's before another man shot foster to death. he has plead no contest to charges of kidnapping and assaulting a woman. the shooting was one of the reasons they cleared out the cam can many. >> more than 900 taken to hospitals for ambulance may be at risk of